Talk:Daimler SP250

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Buick XP300[edit]

Has the resemblance of the front aspect styling to that of the Buick XP300 been noted anywhere in print or online that could be cited?Robocon1 (talk) 10:48, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Don't think it looks all that similar - for instance the light units are very different. You could make a better case for it resembling the Morris Minor's front styling. RGCorris (talk) 18:16, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the light units are different, but the position, shape and size of the radiator grille in relation to the frontal aspect are very similar, and there are the same add-on bumper brackets either side. The XP300 was from 1951, the SP250 from 1959.

So, you've answered my posting by saying you personally don't think there's much similarity, but my question actually was, has anyone noticed a similarity and commented on it in print or on a website. I can't see that that's terribly helpful. (And I can't say I see much similarity with the Morris Minor, myself.) Robocon1 (talk) 17:45, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dodge Dart?[edit]

A friend of mine told me there was a big fuss about the Dodge Dart and the Daimler Dart both using the same model name? Can anyone find a reliable source for this, and if so, it could be added to the article. Invertzoo (talk) 22:00, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Unencyclopaedic section[edit]

The section "Common and uncommon modifications" looks more like it belongs on a DIY page than in an encyclopaedia. Should it be removed? Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 14:14, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Origins "frame based on the TR3"[edit]

I notice B E Smith's book's index lists: SP250, see Dart
As I remember it the first car (the "prototype") was shown in the specialist magazines described as an exercise for apprentices made by them to be a testbed for the new engine. (No, I do not know offhand of a current source to refer to but it was no prototype, just a flying testbed) Design (B, C) came later if at all following the decision to make more — the initial decision to try to sell some of them was made by the managers of a rapidly disintegrating business hunting for any product whatsoever. (beautiful engine, new cheap fibreglass bodies, no capital investment, what's to lose?) The supplied reference Auto Lemon-Used Car History Check does seem an unworthy reference for an encyclopaedia and the reference to a TR3 should be removed or the cause explained. Eddaido (talk) 00:59, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]